Perhaps there's not valid comparison. After all, even super-active large monitors have far lower metabolisms than do cats and dogs.

Do be careful, however, when extrapolating information from captive animals to wild ones. Your monitors eat food as it's provided, and your cat can secure a meal by attacking a bowl. It might not be so simple for wild animals. Just because it seems likely, does not mean it is actually that way. Then again, who knows for certain.

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• What I should have originally posted - casichelydia, Tue Mar 14 22:24:07 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - FR, Tue Mar 14 23:16:07 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - phantasticus, Wed Mar 15 21:54:08 2006
• RE: How naive the young are - FR, Wed Mar 15 22:22:25 2006
• RE: How naive the old are - phantasticus, Thu Mar 16 19:42:01 2006
• RE: sir, your missing the point - FR, Thu Mar 16 21:57:23 2006
• actually you are changing the point - phantasticus, Fri Mar 17 01:31:20 2006
• RE: Whooooooo hahahahahaha - FR, Fri Mar 17 13:07:15 2006
• RE: Whooooooo hahahahahaha - phantasticus, Fri Mar 17 14:51:10 2006
• Wow - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 12:06:33 2006
• RE: Wow / there is growth no doubt - phantasticus, Thu Mar 16 19:23:57 2006
• Good point - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 20:24:24 2006
• ONE? - phantasticus, Sat Mar 18 15:02:19 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - groundskeeper24, Thu Mar 16 03:28:32 2006
• Exactly - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 12:13:44 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - wstreps, Tue Mar 14 23:51:37 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - casichelydia, Wed Mar 15 21:03:59 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - wstreps, Thu Mar 16 11:21:57 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 13:12:19 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - casichelydia, Thu Mar 16 15:00:43 2006
• Man eating??? - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 15:38:34 2006
• Knew a guy who knew a guy who got ate up - casichelydia, Thu Mar 16 16:15:02 2006
• RE: Knew a guy who knew a guy who got ate up - wstreps, Thu Mar 16 18:22:55 2006
• RE: Knew a guy who knew a guy who got at - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 18:50:50 2006
• RE: we already have permits in place - JPsShadow, Thu Mar 16 19:12:26 2006
• RE: we already have permits in place - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 22:36:12 2006
• RE: nope - JPsShadow, Thu Mar 16 23:33:23 2006
• About monitors and appetites.. - SHvar, Fri Mar 17 01:44:57 2006
• RE: About monitors and appetites.. - casichelydia, Fri Mar 17 12:47:27 2006
• The basic idea is that even under.. - SHvar, Sun Mar 19 12:24:25 2006